The primary outcome of interest was hypertension (coded as yes/no). Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 140 mmHg or more, or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of 90 mmHg or above, or currently on medication based on JNC 7 classification (Chobanian et al., 2003 (link)), and SBP of 130 mmHg or more, or DBP of 80 mmHg or above, or currently on medication as per guidelines provided by the 2017 American Heart Association (AHA) (Whelton et al., 2018 (link)).
Socio-demographic characteristics: sex, age, educational status, marital status, occupation, religion, household size, and wealth index; Anthropometric and behavioural factors: body mass index, abdominal obesity, waist-to-hip ratio, smoking status, alcohol consumption, khat chewing, physical activity level, and fruit and vegetable intakes; Other factors: diabetes mellitus, stress score, sleep duration, and quality, excessive sleepiness, snoring, and family history of hypertension were the independent variables that were used to explain the dependent variable.
Socio-demographic characteristics: sex, age, educational status, marital status, occupation, religion, household size, and wealth index; Anthropometric and behavioural factors: body mass index, abdominal obesity, waist-to-hip ratio, smoking status, alcohol consumption, khat chewing, physical activity level, and fruit and vegetable intakes; Other factors: diabetes mellitus, stress score, sleep duration, and quality, excessive sleepiness, snoring, and family history of hypertension were the independent variables that were used to explain the dependent variable.
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